Racing Santander 0-2 Real Madrid: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 21 September 2008

Result

Racing Santander 0-2 Real Madrid

La Liga · Sunday 21 September 2008, 17:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Racing Santander 0-2 Real Madrid: match report

Racing Santander lost to Real Madrid 0-2 in La Liga on Sunday 21 September 2008. The half-time score was 0-0.

Ruben de la Red Gutierrez opened the scoring in the 54th minute. Racing Santander did not score. Real Madrid scored through Ruben de la Red Gutierrez (54') and Ruud van Nistelrooy (74').

Discipline: Racing Santander received no yellow cards; Real Madrid received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Racing Santander were 14th on 2 points from 2 and Real Madrid 10th on 3 points from 2. Racing Santander went on to finish that season 11th with 46 points, and Real Madrid 2nd with 78.

Racing Santander lined up in a 4-4-2 and Real Madrid in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Racing Santander wins, 0 draws and 4 for Real Madrid.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Yellow card · Iván HeinzeReal Madrid
  • 35'Yellow card · Gonzalo HiguaínReal Madrid
  • 41'Yellow card · Fabio CannavaroReal Madrid
  • 54'Goal · Ruben de la Red GutierrezReal Madrid · 0-1
  • 74'Goal · Ruud van NistelrooyReal Madrid · 0-2
  • 79'Yellow card · Ruben de la Red GutierrezReal Madrid
  • 90'Yellow card · Rafael van der VaartReal Madrid

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Racing Santander 2, draws 0, Real Madrid 4.

Team news

Racing Santander line-up (4-4-2)

Toño, César Navas, Pinillos, Juan Valera, Christian Fernández, Iván Marcano, Colsa, Serrano, Mehdi Lacen, Juanjo, Jonathan Pereira

Real Madrid expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Iker Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Pepe, Mahamadou Diarra, Wesley Sneijder, Robinho, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Guti, Fabio Cannavaro